Perry Back On Bus Tour Ahead Of Iowa Caucus
Governor Rick Perry hopes his Iowa bus tour will lead to a victory lap. In a week, Iowans will judge whether his poor debate performances mattered.
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Governor Rick Perry hopes his Iowa bus tour will lead to a victory lap. In a week, Iowans will judge whether his poor debate performances mattered.
The keepers of President Lyndon B. Johnson's legacy have embarked on an ambitious project to elevate awareness of the Texas Democrat's accomplishments in his quest for civil and social justice.
Though Gov. Rick Perry's political fortunes on the presidential campaign trail have plummeted, the bills for his omnipresent security detail continue, costing Texas taxpayers as much as $400,000 a month.
Rick Perry drew standing-room-only crowds. Michele Bachmann lost her voice. Rick Santorum made a duel pitch --for votes and cash. And all mixed serious policy talk with everyday chit-chat while doggedly traveling the state, in their quests for late-game surges in the Republican presidential race.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul will be on Virginia's March 6 Republican presidential primary ballot, but Gov. Rick Perry has failed to qualify.
There are "genuine issues" of whether Texas Republicans in the Legislature intentionally discriminated against Hispanics in redrawing the state's political maps, three federal court judges said in an opinion.
Rick Perry's final message to Iowa voters before the holidays evokes pride and patriotism in a new ad released by the campaign featuring several military veterans voicing their support for the Texas governor.
A new play about the memorable former Texas Gov. Ann Richards is opening at the Kennedy Center in Washington.
Debbie Haskett is trying to beat the rush at the grocery store. As she goes through her list at a Kroger in Arlington, she looks for the best deals.
The simple task of taking detailed attendance records during public meetings continues to stir controversy among members of the Dallas City Council more than two years after the measure was enacted.
Seeking a late surge, Texas Gov. Rick Perry sought Monday to tar GOP presidential rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney for supporting the $700 billion Wall Street bailout and said the billions loaned to banks and other financial institutions at the height of the 2008 financial crisis amounted to "the single biggest act of theft in American history."
ESPN college football analyst Craig James is leaving the broadcast booth to run for the U.S. Senate in Texas.
Republican state Rep. Joe Driver has been sentenced to five years' probation for using taxpayer money in a double-dipping reimbursement scheme.
State governments across the country have cut more than 80,000 jobs since the beginning of the recession, reflecting steep drops in tax revenue and providing a drag on the economies in many parts of the country, the Associated Press has found.
A personal financial disclosure form that presidential candidates are required to file shows that Perry is collecting his $7,700 monthly state pension.
